LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Wuthering Heights, in theaters Friday, is a loud, bombastic adaptation of Emily Brontë. The material drives Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie's intense chemistry.
Cathy Earnshaw (Robbie) and Heathcliff (Elordi) grow up friends in her father's (Martin Clunes) meager estate. Their flirtation is interrupted when Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif) moves in and courts Cathy.
Cathy considers Edgar for his wealth and social standing, so Heathcliff leaves for five years. When he returns with a fortune, Cathy is torn between her loving husband and the one who got away.
Writer/director Emerald Fennell did not make a staid, proper period piece. Hiring Charli XCX to do the soundtrack is only the beginning.
Everything about Wuthering Heights is loud, from shrill children screaming and Mr. Earnshaw bellowing to silverware clanking onto the floor or Heathcliff smashing a chair. It is perhaps overcompensating a bit, but the psychological story remains sound.
